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Time trends in statin use and incidence of recurrent cardiovascular events in secondary prevention between 1999 and 2013: a registry-based study

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Published Online: 2018-11-06

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Laleman, Nele

Henrard, Séverine

van den Akker, Marjan

Goderis, Geert

Buntinx, Frank

Van Pottelbergh, Gijs

Vaes, Bert https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5244-1930
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Vlaamse Overheid
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Article History

Received: 21 April 2018

Accepted: 16 October 2018

First Online: 6 November 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The Intego procedures were approved by the ethical review board of the Medical School of the KU Leuven (no ML 1723) and by the Belgian Privacy Commission (no SCSZG/13/079). GPs applied for inclusion in the registry. Informed consent was not obtained from patients. Intego uses an opt-out procedure.

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